Papers by Katarzyna Celinska
The Prison Journal, Feb 28, 2014
This article addresses gender differences in the extent and explanation of inmate misconduct. The... more This article addresses gender differences in the extent and explanation of inmate misconduct. The study employs nationally representative prisoner survey data to assess gender-specific explanations of prison rule violations. The gender-specific factors include prior victimization, diagnosed mental disorders, and the amount of inmate contact with their families via visits and phone calls. Logistic regression models support gender-specific explanations of inmate misconduct but also identify other factors of general importance. The policy implications of gendered pathways in prison misconduct are discussed.
Zmierzyć i zrozumieć przestępczość. Tom jubileuszowy ofiarowany Profesor Beacie Gruszczyńskiej, 2020
Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara, O przemocy seksualnej, w tym przemocy seksualnej wobec kobiet. Uwagi... more Katarzyna Witkowska-Rozpara, O przemocy seksualnej, w tym przemocy seksualnej wobec kobiet. Uwagi na tle defi nicji pojęcia oraz skali zjawiska. .. .
The Prison Journal
The present study explores the psychological symptoms of 194 female inmates housed in a northeast... more The present study explores the psychological symptoms of 194 female inmates housed in a northeast state prison. Imprisoned women completed Derogatis’ (2001) Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and responded to questions on the frequency of contact with family and friends via phone calls, letters, and visitations. The results showed significant correlations between psychological symptoms and modes of contact. Multiple regression models revealed that certain types of contact with family and friends had a statistically significant impact on the self-reported psychological symptoms of female inmates. Policy implications and recommendations are discussed.
IntroductionPractitioners, policymakers, and researchers continually seek effective interventions... more IntroductionPractitioners, policymakers, and researchers continually seek effective interventions to reduce delinquent and predelinquent behavior among adolescents. Despite a significant reduction in juvenile arrests in recent years, their arrest rates for violent offenses remain high. In 2010 in the United States, nearly 13% of arrestees were under age 18. Data indicate that juveniles committed more than 13% of all violent crimes and nearly 23% of all property crimes (Uniform Crime Reports, 2010).Although youth are commonly believed to be more capable of behavioral changes and more amenable to intervention than are adults, many programs fail to show positive effects on delinquency. Some researchers claim that many interventions focus narrowly on youth individual characteristics and fail to address contextual sources of delinquent behavior among youth (Alexander & Sexton, 2002; Gordon, Graves, & Arbuthnot, 1995). According to Andrews and colleagues (1990), for an intervention to be ...
Women & Criminal Justice, 2021
In this study coping with imprisonment among female inmates, and how it relates to experiencing s... more In this study coping with imprisonment among female inmates, and how it relates to experiencing separation from family and friends, is being explored. Data was collected via a survey of 194 female ...
IntroductionThe statistical data indicate that the number of female delinquents arrested and deta... more IntroductionThe statistical data indicate that the number of female delinquents arrested and detained is on the rise. In 2013, law enforcement made over 700,000 arrests of juveniles under age of 18. Although the juvenile arrests decreased by 15.5 percent in 2013 compared with 2012, arrests of female juveniles have been rising. For example, the percentage of female arrests increased from 17 percent in 1980 to 29 percent in 2010 (www.fbi.gov). The data show that female delinquents tend to be arrested for larceny-theft, prostitution, and breaking liquor laws. The largest increase in female arrests occurred in property crimes (Sickmund & Puzzanchera, 2014). In addition, although the court cases of female adolescents account for a relatively small share of all cases, the number of female defendants either increased, or decreased less than the number of male defendants (Sickmund & Puzzanchera, 2014).The data indicate that male delinquents are more likely to be detained than females. Howev...
Purpose: This case study is the introspective account of the evaluation process of Functional Fam... more Purpose: This case study is the introspective account of the evaluation process of Functional Family Therapy (FFT) as implemented in Middlesex County in New Jersey between 2005 and 2011. The study presents challenges and issues in evaluation falling into three main categories. Methods: The case study is based on the recollections and documented experiences of the author who was responsible for all major aspects of the evaluation including designing the study, collecting the data, and handling daily evaluation activities. Results: The author differentiated among three main categories of challenges. In respect to research design, the relative merits of experimental versus nonexperimental designs and quantitative versus qualitative research methods are discussed. The second set of issues involves developing and exercising the social competence skills necessary to form working partnerships with service providers. The third set encompasses logistical barriers encountered during daily eva...
Children and Youth Services Review
Journal of Family Therapy
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Apr 1, 2006
Objective: This study evaluated two brief personal feedback substance-use interventions for stude... more Objective: This study evaluated two brief personal feedback substance-use interventions for students mandated to the Rutgers University Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program for Students (ADAPS): (1) a brief motivational interview (BMI) intervention and (2) a written feedback-only (WF) intervention. A key question addressed by this study was whether there is a need for face-to-face feedback in the context of motivational interviewing to affect changes in substanceuse behaviors or whether a written personal feedback profile is enough of an intervention to motivate students to change their substance use. Method: The sample consisted of 222 students who were mandated to ADAPS, were eligible for the study, and completed the 3-month follow-up assessment. Eligible students completed a baseline assessment from which a personal feedback profile was created. They were then randomly assigned to the BMI or WF condition. Students were followed 3 months later. Results: Students in both interventions reduced their al-
Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 2015
Journal of studies on alcohol, 2006
This study evaluated two brief personal feedback substance-use interventions for students mandate... more This study evaluated two brief personal feedback substance-use interventions for students mandated to the Rutgers University Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program for Students (ADAPS): (1) a brief motivational interview (BMI) intervention and (2) a written feedback-only (WF) intervention. A key question addressed by this study was whether there is a need for face-to-face feedback in the context of motivational interviewing to affect changes in substance-use behaviors or whether a written personal feedback profile is enough of an intervention to motivate students to change their substance use. The sample consisted of 222 students who were mandated to ADAPS, were eligible for the study, and completed the 3-month follow-up assessment. Eligible students completed a baseline assessment from which a personal feedback profile was created. They were then randomly assigned to the BMI or WF condition. Students were followed 3 months later. Students in both interventions reduced their alco...
The Prison Journal, 2014
This article addresses gender differences in the extent and explanation of inmate misconduct. The... more This article addresses gender differences in the extent and explanation of inmate misconduct. The study employs nationally representative prisoner survey data to assess gender-specific explanations of prison rule violations. The gender-specific factors include prior victimization, diagnosed mental disorders, and the amount of inmate contact with their families via visits and phone calls. Logistic regression models support gender-specific explanations of inmate misconduct but also identify other factors of general importance. The policy implications of gendered pathways in prison misconduct are discussed.
Sociology Compass, 2011
Since the early 1990s American schools have adopted a number of practices -zero tolerance, school... more Since the early 1990s American schools have adopted a number of practices -zero tolerance, school police, metal detectors, drug sweeps, and surveillance cameras -that signal a shift from a discretionary student disciplinary framework to a crime control paradigm. The sociological subfield that centers on the examination and interpretation of the criminalization of school discipline is still in its formative stages and, consequently, even basic conceptual issues remain unsettled. However, sustained by a growing body of ethnographic research, the field's theoretical discussions and debates regarding the causes, consequences, and social distribution of school criminalization are complex, vibrant, and synergistic. In the broadest terms, this field explores how school criminalization expresses, accommodates, and reinforces broader fears and political-economic changes. The field also includes a disappointingly but understandably small number of quantitative studies that bear directly on these theories. The field's critical, sociological insights will find and resonate with a broader audience (including policy-makers) only after an equally innovative and vigorous quantitative empirical tradition emerges to refine and validate its theoretical contributions.
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 2014
ABSTRACT In this article, we present an analysis of opinion polls conducted between 1994 and 2013... more ABSTRACT In this article, we present an analysis of opinion polls conducted between 1994 and 2013 on attitudes toward Roma population in Poland. We situate these attitudes within Poland’s social, legal, political, and cultural context, emphasizing current legislation concerning minorities in Poland, scholarly literature on Polish Roma culture and traditions, crime, and the justice system. Throughout this article we identify specific barriers to the integration that are crucial to understand and improve the current situation of Roma in Poland.
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Papers by Katarzyna Celinska